Browser Wars – IE and Chrome at it again

It has transpired recently that Google, through its Chrome browser, has been piggy backing off Microsoft’s IE platform for market share in the ongoing battle of the browsers.

Though these companies make no money from browsers, they are the essential gateway to the internet. Currently Microsoft has market share with the runners and riders standing as:

• Internet Explorer 65.7 per cent of users
• Mozilla’s Firefox, with 23.8 per cent
• Apple’s Safari 4.2 per cent
• Google’s Chrome 3.2 per cent

In essence, Google has created what some people believe to be a stealth based plug-in that allows IE users to download the plug-in with the IE browser, claiming that by doing so web pages load quicker and you can have access to a wider array of software applications.

Microsoft, who has already had their fingers burnt with antitrust court cases, is cautious on attacking Google directly and says that by downloading the plug-in the user is open to security risks – which Google denies.

Is this VHS v Betamax? Time will tell.